Article source: Dominique Coulon & associés

This care and retirement home has been built in the heart of the Normandy bocage near the village of Orbec. The building follows the sloping curve of the hillside, and is visible from the valley.

Image Courtesy © Eugeni Pons

• Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés (Dominique Coulon, Benjamin Rocchi)
  
• Project: Home for dependent elderly people and nursing home
  
• Location: 8 rue de la Source, 14290 Orbec, Calvados, France
  
• Photography: Eugeni Pons
  
• Client: EPMS Marie du Merle in Orbec
• Architects assistants: David Romero-Uzeda, Olivier Nicollas, Chang Zhang, Javier Gigosos Ruipérez, Pedro Rodríguez Ruipérez, Ania Klukowski, Gautier Duthoit
• Construction site supervision: Emilie Brichard, Jean Scherer
• Structural Engineer: Batiserf Ingénierie
• Mechanical Plumbing Engineer: BET G.Jost
• Electrical Engineer: BET G.Jost
• Cost Estimator: E3 économie
• Acoustics: Euro sound project
• Kitchen expert: Ecotral
• Landscape: Bruno Kubler
• Budget: 12 279 536 € H.T
• Surface: 5833 sqm
• Competition: September 2008
• Plans and technical phases: From october 2008 to January 2012
• Construction: from January 2012 to September 2015

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